Now that the list of components for the US Civil Rights Movement Sites Tentative World Heritage Site nomination has filled out, I figured I should write about some of the …
Jay T
Member since August 2017
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It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!
My most impressive site: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
My proposal for a new site: Badlands National Park: A North American Prairie
Recent Visits
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20June 15, 2025Fontainebleau, Provins
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40June 4, 2025Antequera Dolmens Site, Garajonay, Grand-Bassam, Island of Gorée
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10April 27, 2025Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
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About Jay T
- First name
- Jay
- Member since
- August 2017
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #119
- WHS
- 337
- Tentative Sites
- 62
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 179
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Istanbul 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Uluru 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Edinburgh 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Yellowstone 4.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.5
- Gros Morne National Park 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Everglades 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Wadi Rum 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Lake Baikal 4.5
- Nikko 4.5
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Galapagos Islands 4.5
- Valletta 4.5
- Redwood 4.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.5
- Toledo 4.5
- Hawaii Volcanoes 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Rhodes 4.0
- Tower of London 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Zacatecas 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Independence Hall 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Statue of Liberty 4.0
- Quito 4.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Florence 4.0
- Skocjan Caves 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Kinderdijk 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Tongariro National Park 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 4.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 4.0
- Burgos Cathedral 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Würzburg Residence 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Ibiza 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Santo Domingo 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- SGang Gwaay 3.5
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- Australian Convict Sites 3.5
- Neolithic Orkney 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa 3.0
- Grand Pré 3.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Morne Trois Pitons 3.0
- San Antonio Missions 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Camino Real 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Kotor 2.5
- Blenheim Palace 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Turaif Quarter 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Lima 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Sangay National Park 2.5
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.5
- Quseir Amra 2.5
- Um er-Rasas 2.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5
- Novodevichy Convent 2.5
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Biblical Tells 2.5
- Old Town Lunenburg 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Cahokia Mounds 2.5
- Poverty Point 2.5
- Miguasha National Park 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- Belfries 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 2.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Stoclet House 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Minoan Palatial Centres
- Early Medieval Benedictine settlements in Italy
- Auckland Volcanic Fields
- California Current Conservation Complex
- White Sands National Monument
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Gwaii Haanas
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Mt. Elgon
- Rade de Marseille
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Reviews by Jay T

The Pleistocene Occupation Si… (Inscribed)
The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
It took me until my second visit to Mossel Bay, but I was finally able to visit Pinnacle Point, one of the three components of The Emergence of Modern Human …

Mt. Elgon (On tentative list)
Mt. Elgon
The Mount Elgon Transboundary Ecosystem in Uganda was brought forward to the Tentative World Heritage Site list in 2024. The region is part of the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot, which …

Prague (Inscribed)
Prague
A lot has been written about Prague, and rightly so -- it is a world-class city, with a rich history and fascinating architecture on display. The Castle District has amazing …

Okefenokee National Wildlife … (Nominated)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Okefenokee, the land of trembling earth. Or perhaps etymologically, "bubbling water". Either origin describes this swamp well -- a land of peat and springs which serves as the headwaters for …

Jodrell Bank Observatory (Inscribed)
Jodrell Bank Observatory
I couldn't very well leave 2023 on an odd number of World Heritage Sites, so I took my car out for a two and a half hour drive today to …

Redwood (Inscribed)
Redwood
O Mammutbaum, o Mammutbaum! How towering are your branches. The giant redwoods are truly majestic trees, and the Redwood National and State Parks in California are a superb location to …

Gwaii Haanas (On tentative list)
Gwaii Haanas
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site, located on the southern islands of Haida Gwaii, is a proposed extension to SG̱ang Gwaay, a World Heritage Site marking the …

SGang Gwaay (Inscribed)
SGang Gwaay
The poles are still standing. It has been over fifteen years since the last review of SG̱ang Gwaay, but the remarkably carved memorial and mortuary poles that led to this …

Moravian Church Settlements (Inscribed)
Moravian Church Settlements
I know much has been written about Christiansfeld already, but I don't yet see a review from the perspective of one who has visited a component of the proposed extension …

Skogskyrkogarden (Inscribed)
Skogskyrkogarden
I suppose I should thank Haruki Murakami for putting the tune Norwegian Wood in my head when I visited Skogskyrkogården last month. Nevermind the fact that I was actually in …

Santo Domingo (Inscribed)
Santo Domingo
One of the best parts about travel is learning history from other perspectives. In US history books, Sir Francis Drake is generally viewed favorably for his role as an explorer …

Zacatecas (Inscribed)
Zacatecas
The Historic Centre of Zacatecas was a delight, and the highlight of my November trip through central Mexico. Zacatecas takes a bit of planning to reach, but it was well …

Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi (Inscribed)
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
Duly vaccinated and tested, I made my first foray out of the country last Saturday on a day trip to Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi, the only World Heritage Site in southern …

Moravian Church Settlements (Inscribed)
Moravian Church Settlements
Almost 300 years ago a group of German Protestant missionaries in North America were granted land in the wooded Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, west of New York City and north …

Cahokia Mounds (Inscribed)
Cahokia Mounds
It's rather striking to compare and contrast the first two US World Heritage Sites dedicated to pre-Columbian North American civilizations. Mesa Verde, in the American Southwest, retains impressive adobe structures …

Yellowstone (Inscribed)
Yellowstone
In 1806 when the Lewis and Clark expedition returned through what is now the state of Montana, one of its members broke off early to continue exploring, and encountered what …

Valparaiso (Inscribed)
Valparaiso
The Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaiso has seen better days, and now seems just an echo reminding visitors of its heady history as an important stop for …

Stoclet House (Inscribed)
Stoclet House
I'm rather torn on Stoclet House in Brussels, Belgium. As far as visiting experience goes, I would give it a .5 for its lack of accessibility. But should World Heritage …

Rhodes (Inscribed)
Rhodes
It's the height of summer, and Coronavirus is severely limiting my travel options, so I figured I might as well skip to a review of a site I visited last …